Adjustable headlight for motor-vehicles.



W. H. MARTIN.

ADJUSTABLE HEADLIGHT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24,1914.

1,120,154. Patented Dec. 8 1914.

fmm 112 5 54% TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MARTIN, OF YOUNTVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO HIRAM WILSON, OF YOUNTVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE HEADLIGHT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yountville, in the county of Napa and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Headlights for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention'has reference to adjustable head lights for motor vehicles, and primarily has for its purpose to provide a simple and inexpensive arrangement of parts for connecting the lamp rods or posts with the shifting or connecting rod of the steering mechanism that joins with the knuckles of the opposite steering or front wheels, and in such a manner that a positive or direct shifting action is transmitted to the lamp rods or posts as theconnecting rod is shifted, during the operation of directing the front or steering wheels, to thereby cause the lamps to take the same angles of positions that the front wheels assume, through'the manipulation of the steering wheel.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means, adapted for use on any of the ordinary types of motor vehicles, for automatically effecting the turning of the lamps with the front or' steering wheels, and which means'may be readily adjusted for efiectina a greater or lesser degree of turning of the lamps for causing one lamp to turn at a greater angle than the other, and also for permitting the locking of the lamps to the straight ahead position without necessitating a disconnection of the operative parts.

\Vith other objects in view that will be hereinafter set out, my invention consists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangelment of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, so much of a motor car being shown as is necessary to disclose the operative ap plication of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view that illustrates the general arrangement of the connecting devices that join the connecting rod of the steering mechanism ,with the rod that joins the crank ends of the lamp carrying rod or posts.- rigs. 3 and 4 are detail views of parts hereinafter specifically referred to.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed April 24, 1914. Serial No. 834,176.

thereto, the vertical tubular standards 3, in

which the rods or posts 20 are mounted.

Lamps 2 are fixedly held upon thenpp'er ends of the rods 20 to oscillate therewith,

and the lower end of each of the said rods carries a crank member 21, with which the ends of a connecting rod or bar 22 pivotally 10in, as shown. 7

6 designates sleeves adj ustably mounted on the cross rod 22 one near .each end thereof and the said sleeves have apertured ears 66 in which the swivel eye bolts 61 are mounted, as Is best shown in Fig. 3, by reference to which, and to Fig. 2, it will be also noticed that stout wire rods 7-7 have their ends 71 slidably and adjustably mounted in the swiveled eye bolts 61, and the said ends carry necting rod 9 that, forms a part of the steering mechanism, since it extends across and is pivotally connected with knuckles 10-l0 that carry the front steering wheels 11-11.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the complete construction, the manner in which my invention operates and its advantages will be readily apparent. By reason of arranging the several parts as shown and stated, a very simple and inexpensive means, applicable to almost any of the ordinary styles of auto vehicles, is provided for connecting the lamps with the steering mechanism to cause the lamps to turn with the wheels. Furthermore, my special arrangement of connecting devices for joining the steering mechanism with the lamps, on account of the simplicity and their being readily applied for use, they can be attached to any of the ordinary fof'ms of automobiles irrespective of the position of the steering knuckles. Again, by reason of connecting opposite motion of the lamps can be readily regusliding loosely through the said swivel bread.

What I claim? ,0.

1'. In eombinationwith the knuckle connectingniember of the steering mechanism (If-: chicle and a plurality of rotatably supported lamp actuating rods, each of which has a crank member; of connections between the said knuckle connecting meld ber and thesaid lamp actuating rods'for turning the said lamps as the aforesaid member is moved, the said connections ineluding a bar whose opposite ends join with the cranks on the said lamp carrying/rods, a r p-air of crossed rods connected at one end (to-the connecting, member of the steering mechanism and whose other ends are swi velly and slidably connected tothe bar that connects the cranks of the lamp carrying rods, and adjustable stops on thesa d' other ends of the cross-rods, the said jis ops beingarranged in pairs and-one at eacl; side oliftheswigfeied connections. v

2.'. Theeoinbination with the ste'ering ap paratus of avehicle in which is included a laterally shifta'ble member, and a rotatalily supported lamp actuating rod having. a

crank member, of a laterally movable member pivotally connectedwith the said era'nk member, a rod having its inner end connected to the laterally shiftable member of 'Ceplemo! thll patent may be obtained for the steering apparatus, a sleeve adjustably mounted on the rod connected with the crank member, an eye bolt swivelly mounted on the said sleeve and in which the outer end of the aforesaid rod is slidably mounted, and stop nuts adjustably mounted on the said outer end of the rod, one at each side of the eye bolt.

3. The combination with the steering apparatus, the said means includinga bar that pivotally connects at its opposite ends with the cranks of the opposite lamp carrying rods, a pair of sleeves adjustably mounted on the said connecting bar, each of which has an inwardly projected apertured bracket, an eye bolt swivelly mounted in each of the'said brackets, a pair of crossed' rods whose inner ends are pivotally and adjustably connected to the connecting member of the steering apparatus, the inner enok of the said rods slidably engaging the eyes of the eye bolts and stop nuts adiustably mounted on the said inner ends? the rods, one at each side of the swiviel'edeyebolts, substantially as shown;

WILLIAM H. MARTIN.

Witnesses: 'WALTER G. MEYER,

E. D. HAMPTON.

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